Family:
Orchidaceae Juss.
Genus:
Vanilla Plum. ex Mill.

Vanilla phaeantha Rchb.f.

This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Florida to Caribbean, SE. Mexico to Brazil.

[UPFC]
Distribution
Native to Colombia.
Conservation
IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): EN B2ab(iii,v). Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: savanna.

[UPFC]
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.

Native to:

Bahamas, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Jamaica, Mexico Southeast, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.

Vanilla phaeantha Rchb.f. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 1892 Hart, J.H. [2] K000463761 Yes
Wright, C. [3351], Cuba K000463762 Yes
Miers, J. [s.n.], Brazil Vanilla carinata K000463750 Yes
Gardner [245], Brazil Vanilla gardneri K000463752 Yes
Hart [s.n.], Brazil Vanilla gardneri K000463753 Yes
Burchell [9829], Brazil Vanilla gardneri K000940257 Yes
Burchell [894], Brazil Vanilla gardneri K000940258 Yes
Gardner [2733], Brazil Vanilla gardneri K000463755 Yes
Gardner [3449], Brazil Vanilla gardneri K000463754 Yes
Jul 1, 2004 Harley, R.M. [17966], Bahia Vanilla bahiana K000293262 No
Jul 1, 2004 Queiroz, L.P. [2918], Bahia Vanilla bahiana K000293250 Yes
Jul 1, 2004 Harley, R.M. [17366], Bahia Vanilla bahiana K000293251 Yes
Brazil Vanilla bahiana 43137.000 No
Ferreira Cunha, J. [s.n.], São Paulo Vanilla bahiana K000293263 Unknown type material No

First published in Flora 48: 274 (1865)

Accepted by

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Monocotyledons Database in ACCESS: 1-71827. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Soto Arenas, M.A. & Cribb, P. (2010). A new infrageneric classification and synopsis of the genus Vanilla Plum. ex Mill. (Orchidaceae: Vanillinae). Lankesteriana 9: 355-398.
  • Szlachetko, D.L. & Kolanowska, M. (2020). Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia 3: 1-580. Oberreifenberg : Koeltz Botanical Books.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/lank.v20i3.45203. epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Baptista, J.A.N., Bianchetti, L.B. & Pellizzaro, K.F. (2005). Orchidaceae da Reserva Ecológia do Guará, D.F., Brasil. Acta Botanica Brasilica 19: 221-232.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Neto, L.M., Almeida, V.R. & Forzza, R.C. (2004). A família Orchidaceae na Reserva Biológica da Represa do Grama - Descoberto, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Rodriguésia; Revista do Instituto de Biologia Vegetal, Jardim Botânico e Estaçao Biologica do Itatiaya 55: 137-156.
  • Soto Arenas, M.A. & Cribb, P. (2010). A new infrageneric classification and synopsis of the genus Vanilla Plum. ex Mill. (Orchidaceae: Vanillinae). Lankesteriana 9: 355-398.
  • Soto Arenas, M.A. & Dressler, R.L. (2010). A revision of the Mexican and Central American species of Vanilla Plumier ex Miller with a characterization of their ITS region of the nuclear ribosomal DNA. Lankesteriana 9: 283-354.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • CITES (2021). Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • Flanagan N.S., Mosquera-Espinosa A.T., 2016. An integrated strategy for the conservation and sustainable use of native Vanilla species in Colombia. Lankesteriana, 16(2): 201–218. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/lank.v16i2.26007
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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